Album · 2007
Chase This Light
Chase This Light is an album by Jimmy Eat World, released in 2007 on RCA, with 12 tracks.
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- 45 min
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Album · 2007
Chase This Light is an album by Jimmy Eat World, released in 2007 on RCA, with 12 tracks.
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12 tracks · 45 min
Chase This Light is the sixth studio album by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. The band began working on the follow-up to Futures (2004) by late 2005, and had made demos by early 2006. They started recording their next album with engineer Chris Testa between Arizona and California. Butch Vig was enlisted as an executive producer, acting in a consultancy role, where he would provide feedback on the material. Sessions began in August 2006 and lasted until May 2007, with tours of the US and Europe in between. Described as a pop punk, pop rock and power pop record, the guitars drew comparison to the Outfield and U2, while individual song comparisons were made to the likes of the Killers, the All-American Rejects and Shout Out Louds. Preceded by the release of "Big Casino", Chase This Light was released on October 16, 2007 through Interscope Records. It was met with a favorable reaction from music critics, a few of them noted a return to the sound of Bleed American (2001). Chase This Light charted at number 5 on the US Billboard 200 after selling 62,000 copies in its first week, and by 2008 it has sold 155,000 copies. It reached the top 5 on three Billboard component charts, and cha…